Missouri Downs JMU 7-1 in Supers, Forces Game Three Sunday

Saturday, May 29

Columbia, Mo.

7 P.M.

James Madison University

38-2

Missouri

42-16

Missouri

James Madison

Missouri Downs JMU 7-1 in Supers, Forces Game Three Sunday

5/29/2021 9:28:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 8 seed Missouri utilized a six-run second inning en route to a 7-1 win against James Madison to even the best-of-three Super Regionals on Saturday night at the Mizzou Softball Stadium.

The Tigers improved to 42-16, while the Dukes fell to 38-2 after seeing their nation-leading 28-game win streak come to an end.

The two will meet Sunday at noon in a winner-take-all game three, with the winner advancing to next week's Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.

After being limited to just a single run and one hit in game one, Missouri's bats awoke early, as it registered three home runs to go with its nine base hits. On the flip side, JMU was held to a run off four hits.

Cayla Kessinger went 2-for-2 for the Tigers with a pair of solo home runs and a walk, while Brooke Wilmes was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer. Casidy Chaumont also tallied a pair of base hits in the win. Laurin Krings (11-3) earned the victory in the circle, pitching a complete-game with nine strikeouts.

Odicci Alexander (15-1) took the loss in the circle after allowing six runs (one earned) off four hits with a pair of strikeouts in 1.2 innings of work. Alissa Humphrey came in relief for her first action of the Super Regionals, going the rest of the way giving up an earned run off five hits with five K's.

At the plate, Logan Newton was 2-for-3 with a RBI double in the seventh. JMU's other base hits came by way of a Lynsey Meeks single and a double by Sara Jubas.

The Tigers jumped out to the early lead, as a Kessinger's first home run and Wilmes' three-run shot sparked a six-run second. It was the most runs conceded by JMU in a single inning this season. In the following frame, Kessinger went yard again, extending the lead to 7-0.

JMU got on the board in the bottom half of the seventh, as Jubas ripped a double down the left-field line. After advancing to third, she was driven home off a Newton double to left center for the Dukes' lone run.